Guggenheim 668--Reno, Nevada 1956

This is “Guggenheim 668--Reno, Nevada,” by Robert Frank. It’s a series of photographs on film. I’m always fascinated by photography. The black and white images play with light and shadow, capturing fleeting moments in time. Each frame is a story, a slice of life, and the way they're arranged together creates a narrative, like a film strip. Frank was trying to catch something, but he can’t catch it all, so you get the outtakes, the maybes. Looking at this I can see that the gesture of circling a frame, or the decision to show a series is like a painter's mark-making, an emphasis, a way of saying, look at this, feel this. It makes you think about selection, what is kept and what is discarded. The images remind us of the human condition. There is a silent exchange of ideas across time. Artists are always inspiring one another’s creativity. It embraces uncertainty and the multiple interpretations of the world around us.